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Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

5-13-2004

Abstract

I explore the implications of the foundation metaphor for understanding the role of moral theories in ethics and bioethics and argue that its disadvantages outweigh its advantages I then consider two other metaphors that might be used instead those of frameworks and lenses I propose that the metaphor of lenses is most promising in providing methodological guidance for drawing on moral theories when deliberating about bioethical problems

Recommended Citation

Sherwin, Susan, "Foundations, Frameworks, Lenses: The Role of Theories in Bioethics" (2004). Research Papers, Working Papers, Conference Papers. 52.
https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/working_papers/52